Privacy Policy
As part of our commitment to improving healthcare quality and supervision in Zanzibar, the Ministry of Health Zanzibar has developed the HMISZ EDS Application. This application plays a crucial role in facilitating the supervision and enhancement of service delivery across various health facility departments, including ANC, Logistics, IPD, OPD, Microscopy, SME, and mRDT services, as well as the tracking and development of quality improvement plans.
Access to the HMISZ EDS Application is limited to authorized users within the Ministry of Health Zanzibar. The Ministry is solely responsible for providing access to the app, ensuring that only authorized personnel can manage and monitor health service delivery.
This Privacy Policy outlines our commitment to protecting the personal and sensitive data of individuals using the HMISZ EDS Application. This document explains the types of data we collect, how we use and store it, the measures we employ to ensure its security, and the rights individuals have regarding their data.
We urge all users, including administrators and health professionals, to carefully read this privacy policy to understand how the HMISZ EDS Application uses their data and the data they manage. We are committed to transparency and accountability, ensuring the highest levels of data protection.
For more information about the Ministry of Health Zanzibar and our initiatives, visit moh.go.tz or use the contact information provided in this document.
This summary provides key points from our privacy notice. You can find more details about any of these topics by clicking the link following each key point or using our table of contents below to find the section you are looking for.
What Personal Information Do We Process? We process personal and service-related information submitted through the app to assist the Ministry of Health Zanzibar in the supervision and management of healthcare services.
Do We Process Any Sensitive Personal Information? We may process sensitive personal information when necessary with your consent or as otherwise permitted by applicable law. Learn more in the sections below about the sensitive information we process.
Do We Receive Any Information From Third Parties? We do not receive any information from third parties.
How Do We Process Your Information? With your consent, the information submitted through this app will be processed to enhance service delivery supervision, track improvements, and issue quality improvement plans based on identified gaps.
In What Situations and With Which Parties Do We Share Personal Information? We may share information in specific situations and with specific parties within the Ministry of Health Zanzibar as authorized and required for operational purposes.
How Do We Keep Your Information Safe? We have organizational and technical processes and procedures in place to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Learn more in the sections below about how we keep your information safe.
Review the privacy notice in full to learn more about what the Ministry of Health Zanzibar does with any information we collect.
The personal and service-related information you disclose to us
In short: We collect personal and service-related information that you provide to us.
We collect information associated with you and the services you manage. The categorization of the information we collect is as follows:
User Identification: Collected to facilitate login and access to the app for managing and supervising health service delivery. All user accounts are created and managed by the Ministry of Health Zanzibar.
Service Delivery Information: Data related to the supervision of health services in various departments, including ANC, Logistics, IPD, OPD, Microscopy, SME, and mRDT.
The collected information is processed for supervision, tracking, and improvement of service delivery.
We are collecting and processing your information for the following reasons:
To Enhance Service Delivery Supervision: Information submitted through the app is used to supervise and improve the quality of health services.
To Track Improvements: The app allows tracking of quality improvements based on identified gaps.
To Issue Quality Improvement Plans: Authorized users can develop and implement quality improvement plans to address identified gaps.
Processing of the collected information is done in a secure and controlled manner, ensuring only authorized personnel have access.
All personal and service-related information is primarily shared within the Ministry of Health Zanzibar. Under specific circumstances, information may be shared with other authorized personnel or departments as necessary.
For operational efficiency and compliance, the collected information will be securely stored as long as it is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.
The Ministry of Health Zanzibar has implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, the transmission of personal information to and from our services is at your own risk. You should only access the services within a secure environment.
In Short: You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time.
You have the right over the private information collected for system access purposes, which can be reviewed, changed, or disabled by you at any time with the assistance of the Ministry of Health Zanzibar personnel. If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at info@mohz.go.tz.
In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.
We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at info@mohz.go.tz or contact us by post at:
Ministry Of Health Zanzibar
6 Barabara Ya Health Office
P.O. Box 236
70467 Mjini Magharibi, Zanzibar
+255-26-2323267/5
You have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please contact the Ministry of Health Zanzibar at the contact information provided.